This week we read the double parsha of B’har/B’chukosai, thereby completing the Sefer {Book} of Vayikra. B’har begins with the laws of sh’mita–the Torah’s prohibition of normal farming of the Land of Israel every seven years. The parsha then deals with different types of redemption including lands that were sold and Jews sold as slaves. […]
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